The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-11-23
The Plains Cowboy.

worked himself up until his herbs NUM-
Der thousands Levisey is an iniinitable
story teller, and his room AT the hotel
WAS crowded every night with a circle
Of acquaintance listening eagerly to re-
miniscences OF co sboy life away back in
the fifties.
Mr.. I.eviSey can see the humorous
side To- an incident as quickly as any
BODY in the land. and nothing is more
vigorous than the hearty laugh that fol-
lows When was coming to Kansas
City TO attend this convention sad Lev
isev TO a crowd of listeners. ! met that
little devil. Steve Stevenson, who jumped
his horse off the bridge that crosses the
Arkansas river at Wichita one time just
for the amusement Of young lady.
Little Steve is cowboy from away
back, and doesn't know anything out
side the craft. In language Steye's IL
cense is AZ broad a. the Cherokee strip,
and the peculiar drawl accompanying
his speech makes everything sound quaint
and original. Coming up here on the
train found Steve enjoying himself in
parlor car. What with boots. sombrero
and big six-shooter, he was taking up
room enough for four men his size
Presently the conductor came along, and.
without word, reached out and took
the cheek from Steve's hat-band. In
stantly the six-shooter was looking
square into the conductors eve. Steve
had started out for lark.
50 Put 'er back. pard put-'er-back." :"
Without seconds hesitation the or
der was complied with, and Steve drawl-
ed out in his inimitsble way:
Don't yer KEN aroun' hyar, pard,
racfin' fer nothin' Don't yer do it.
When yer sees sumthin' We must hey, jest
ask fer IT, Efye can't talk, make sign
# We can't make sign jest shake a bush;
aut don't reach fer rnothin' pard, don't ye
do it.
BY this time the conductor. who had
kept his eye on Steve's gun. was nearly
scared to death, and only recovered hin-
self when Steve handed over the check
himself and offered to square matters 10y
reference to big, black bottle.
One time the boys were moving a
nerd acruSs the Arkansas river at Wichita.
The bridge vas too unsteady and the
cattle were driven in relays through the
river Steve WAS left to guard the APP
proach of the bridge, upon which num-
Der Of citizens had gathered to see the
fun 1t proved TO be somewhat tame
affair to young tenderfoot lady just from
the east She evidently expected to see
every broncho that went past buck Il lit
tie for her especial benefit, and every
cowboy shoot his revolver and perform
wonders with the lahat. Her disap-
pointment oh, pshaw. what a tame
affair, appeared 10 nettle Steve, for he
Strengthened up in his saddle, and with
wild yells and shots from his six-shooter
charged straight at the crowd on the
bridge. lie plunged past the young lady
I who had come out to see the fun, and
who by this time was frightened almost
into fits, and with wild Apache war
+ whoop, jumped the broncho off the
I bridge to the stream below. The distane
was 20 feet, and the pony landed COM
/ piete wreck Steve was compelled to
ride in the cook wagon the rest of the
trip"
One or two of the auditors we're re-
minded of prettg good cowboy stories
but shortly the burden of entertainment
/ tell again on Levisey Ion fellows have
all heard of Wild Jack Booth one of
the best COW punchers that ever slept
ontdoors Jack has peculiar ideas of fun.
( One day Jack. lassoed big loaser wolf,
and started his pony on dead run to-
ward emp One of the boys saw the
procession approaching, and thinking
something was wrong. started out with
Winchester The reinforcement got a
wrong impression of the situation, and
casting his gun TO the ground started to-
ward the camp with yell OF ierrer. He
thought the wolf was chasing Jack, hav
ing overlooked the lariat. Jack caught
on 10 the mistake at once, and turned
the pony toward the fleeing cowboy.
When the pony came up along side Jack
yelled:
Run, yer son of a gun. De VOLTS a
gainin'T
"Then the pony darted ahead, and
Jack brought the dead wolk close TO the
scuddingeow-pun who, by this time,
had seen the lariat, and dropped to the
ground in sheer exhaustion, too weak
even to pull his six-shooter and get even
with Jack, who was rolling over the
prairie few yards away oonvulsed with
laughter.
" One time, down in Texas, Jim Cush-
ing and companion threw lasso around
a wild cat, took a turn around a Wild
plum tree and proceeded to make the
animal close captive. The two forced
the eat into one of Jim's leggings and tied
il securely fore and aft. Camp was 20
miles away, but the boys confident Of
plenty OF fun, lugged it clear in. After
supper every man in camp, about 30 in
ali, took his six-shooter and formed a
double line. The eat was release from
the leather prison and started down the
line. II struck dog trot and showed
no inclination whatever to hurry. Three
minutes latter a more disguised band of
cowboys could not be found in all the
Southwest. for the eat had not been hit,
and, before he disappeared in the under
brush. turned around and showed his
teeth 10 the bad marksmeu in sIrcastic
snarl."
had suffered for several days with a
severe cold which settled on my lungs.
One bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
costing me p cents. completely cured me-
Ny cold was 80 badly seated that al
most lost my speech, and the continued
hacking and coughing caused repeated
vomiting write YOU this for the bene-
fit Of Others who may suffer, because be
lieve it to be my duty
TH0S E. BOWLING.
Agent Dayton Hedge Co,
Dayton, Ohio.
smith, say, Dunnley, you have had
some experience in love affairs, and |
want vour advice There Is a r,r.ttv II.